1962 U.S. Women's Open: Murle Lindstrom wins at Dunes Golf & Beach Club
Murle Lindstrom won the 1962 U.S. Women's Open at Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States with 301 (+13), by 2 strokes over Ruth Jessen and Jo Ann Prentice.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- June 28, 1962 to June 30, 1962
- Course
- Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
- Edition
- 17th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,400 yards
- Entries
- 70
- Field
- 68
- Made the cut
- 41 (cut at 166)
- Purse
- $8,000 · winner's share $1,800
- Champion
- Murle Lindstrom · age 23 · United States · born St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- Winning score
- 78-74-76-73 = 301 (+13) · won by 2 strokes
- Runners-up
- Ruth Jessen, Jo Ann Prentice (303 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Ruth Jessen · Murle Lindstrom was 5 strokes back
- Low amateur
- JoAnne Carner (313)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murle Lindstrom | 78 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 301 | +13 |
| T2 | Ruth Jessen | 72 | 76 | 75 | 80 | 303 | +15 |
| T2 | Jo Ann Prentice | 75 | 77 | 73 | 78 | 303 | +15 |
What happened at the 1962 U.S. Women's Open
Ruth Jessen led after each of the first three rounds but shot 80 in a wet final round and tied for second.
Murle Lindstrom, five strokes back entering the final round, closed with 73 for the championship's first five-stroke final-round comeback and her first professional win.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).
Sources
- usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
- Wikipedia: 1962 U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: Murle Breer
- golfcompendium.com: 1962 us womens open
- usga.org: u s women s open results 1946 to present
- golfcompendium.com: low amateurs us womens open
- where2golf.com: murle lindstrom
- loc.gov: resource
- loc.gov: resource
- thegolfnewsnet.com: us womens open history results and past winners 126262
- Wikipedia: 1962 LPGA Tour